moderacyn.
/ˈmɒd(ə)rəsi/, U.S. /ˈmɑd(ə)rəsi/ rare before 20th cent.
Moderation; moderateness.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]
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hovec1175
metc1175
methec1175
measurec1225
measure?c1225
temperancea1340
methefulnessc1350
temperurec1380
mannera1382
mannernessa1382
sobernessc1384
attemperancec1386
measurablenessa1400
amesingc1400
meanheada1425
mediocrity?a1425
moderation?a1425
moderancea1460
temperancy1526
mean1531
modesty1531
temperature1536
measure-keeping1556
moderateness1571
moderature1574
sobriety1582
mediety1583
moderacy1601
temperateness1609
reserve1660
medium1693
soft pedal1899
met1932
1601 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1896) I. 193 They did it wth muche more moderacie and shewe of peace..than these did.
1955 Internat. Organization 9 229/2 The preliminary results are to be seen in the greater moderacy of statements in the past year.
1977 Evening Standard 1 July 16/5 Ever since..Rab Butler..the seat has become synonymous with moderacy.
1994 Guardian 22 Oct. 26/7 Those Hush Puppies and the relaxed Annie's Bar manner all convey an impression of steady-as-she-goes moderacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1601- to make a row
- to make a run for it
- to make a run of it
- to make a sally
- to make a saver
- to make a saving game of
- to make a saving game of it
- to make a scene
- to make a scene of
- to make a scene of it
- to make a score off one's own bat
- to make a secret of
- to make a seth(e
- to make a shaft or a bolt of it
- to make a shift
- to make a shot
- to make a show
- to make a show of
- to make a show of oneself
- to make a showing of
- to make a sign
- to make a situation too hot for
- to make a slight
- to make a slight of
- to make a song about